The best part about fantasy baseball is the draft. Sure, the soul-crushing, six-month grind of setting your lineup every day is pretty awesome, but drafting is still No. 1 in our scorecards and No. 1 in our hearts.

So, it stands to reason that in the dead of winter, some two months before the season starts in Australia (ugh), doing mock drafts passes for a fun exercise among impatient fantasy owners.

Matt Kemp and Ryan Braun were both a-holes last year. It's possible one or both won't be this year. We discuss...

Eric Hosmer is on the rise, but just how high can he go?

Remember Albert Pujols and Jose Bautista? We do, at least for a little bit.

This looks like one of the best closer drafts in history. But looks can be deceiving, which, according to Yahoo! answers, means "that even though something looks good, it might not be what you think it is. For example, if you saw a really pretty, outgoing girl, and you go up to talk to her and shes [sic] really social. Then, within a week or two, she spreads a rumor about you and ignores you. Lol...see?" So, Greg Holland is going to spread rumors about fantasy owners? Is it just me, or does Yahoo! answers just lead to more questions?

Manny Machado hits doubles; will Manny Machado hit home runs?

Colleague Bill Bender freely admits he likes Cubans, but will he take the bait on newcomer Jose Dariel Abreu?

Should you have PED worries about slap-hitter Everth Cabrera?

Do you settle for mediocre middle infielders in the ninth or 10th round instead of drafting better players at other positions? Stop -- there's a better way!

Bill goes through several stages when discussing the UTIL-only Victor Martinez. It starts with apathy and morphs into slightly more aggressive apathy. I guess that's only two stages.

Our baseball podcast will begin its regular rotation soon, so look for us over the next few weeks with podcasts about all the big offseason moves as well as our positional previews. You can find all of our podcasts on radioexiles.podomatic.com, our Tumblr page, our podcast page and on iTunes.